Do you love a colour-coded to-do list?
Can you fend off enquiries politely but firmly and help me retain my sanity?
Do you want to be part of a warm and inclusive team?

If so you might be interested in being my Personal Assistant!

apply here
elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candidat…

more in 🧵 This post is just one day per week (0.2FTE, not 0.3 as it says in the full job description)

it would suit someone
- working part-time at UoE already who wants to pick up extra hours
- working from home and wanting just a few hours per week

The job can be done entirely...

OK here we go with the Day 2 run-down for @ITAKOM_CONF

We kick off with Prof Pierre Magistretti giving us a tour of the ever-changing brain. The hardware we all share despite our many different experiences of the world.

Later that morning @heasutherland and @maxdavie will... ...be talking about applying the neurodiversity paradigm in both clinical & social care settings.

@HariSri108 will be presenting on using assistive & augmented communication devices #AAC and the stigma that entails, drawing on his experience + research.

In the Inclusive...

Today is a great day!

The full programme for the It Takes All Kinds Of Minds conference is published and the abstract book is coming out next week...

If you're on the fence about @ITAKOM_CONF this 🧵 of speakers will help you decide whether to register

itakom.org/programme/ We kick off with @bolte_sven on how we capture quality of life in a neurodiversity affirmative way (I can't imagine a better start)

Monday morning includes me & @DrRJChapman on the basics and theory of neurodiversity. In the Routines for Happiness session we have @l_mizen on...

Ok folks! Our community partner recruitment pack is now finished and free for you to download and use!

Thank you to @reesha_zahir @CharlotteRTye and @MarkSomervill13 for their work putting this together.

Read on in this thread for a bit more info.

drive.google.com/drive/folders/… We made the pack because we get so many questions from researchers who want to recruit autistic people to consult or collaborate with, but aren't sure where to start.

There are some excellent papers & guidelines on the process of participatory autism research, but...

Good Morning!

I have something VERY exciting to announce this fine morning...

I am Co-Chair for a new, one-off, international neurodiversity-focused conference in March 2023 called:

It Takes All Kinds Of Minds, or #ITAKOM for short

time for a 🧵

itakom.org This conference is presented by my colleagues & friends at @MindroomInform and especially by my partner-in-crime Sophie Dow @mindroom1

It will take place on the 13th & 14th March 2023 at @eicc

The charity has hosted amazing conferences in this venue before, but this time...

For me, this piece completely misses the point and power of a Neurodiversity framework.

The value of Neurodiversity lies not in recognising individual strengths (whether so-called “pattern-seeking” or anything else) but in celebrating the wonder of diversity itself.

https://twitter.com/edwest/status/1341289562140798976

Neurodiversity does not leave out people with learning disabilities. It doesn’t exclude people who communicate via atypical means. It isn’t just about raising up neurodivergent professors, CEOs, activists or artists (tho they are all splendid)

We @SMRCResearch have recorded and posted ten episodes of #PsychologiCALL since late April which means it is... time for a thread! First things first - you can find all the podcast info on this page and I will post the link to our @SoundCloud & @YouTube channels at the end of the thread. The YouTube versions are subtitled.

ed.ac.uk/salvesen-resea…

Today's the day! Our new book (me and @HappeLab ) is OUT!

[THREAD]

It is called "Autism: A new introduction to psychological theory and current debate"

It aims to provide a succinct overview of theories of autism, reviewing the evidence + incorporating autistic voices. You can buy the book here: routledge.com/Autism-A-New-I…

user the offer code BSE19 for a 20% discount!

You can also read all about the book at this page I just made: dart.ed.ac.uk/autism-book/

and see how we commissioned autistic writers here: dart.ed.ac.uk/community-cont…

I'm an autism researcher and my husband @bfletcherwatson is a theatre researcher.

We've been trying to work out how to turn all the attention around #puppetgate to some positive effect, and so...

here follows a wee thread of autistic artists we've come across @bfletcherwatson Disclaimer: this is just a collection of people who are working in the arts, or doing art in their spare time.

It's obviously not comprehensive - please add your own profiles and suggestions at the bottom

(and give us a few minutes first to get all the tweets out...)

OK folks... I've been waiting a few weeks to do this... Strap in!

Our cover story on DIVERSITY COMPUTING is now open access in @TheOfficialACM Interactions magazine - link below.

Here's a thread about this exciting new vision for tech #DivComp

delivery.acm.org/10.1145/325000… First things first. The ideas in this paper and this htread came from a serious of thrilling and inventive conversations and writing-sessions with @theblub @cfrauenberger @MauriceMagnee @participha and others not on twitter - especially Juan Ye from @univofstandrews

A thread on how to access journal articles, for people who don't have access via an employer...

Obv open access is best, but in the meantime, here are some get-arounds, since I've seen a few folks on here struggling to locate articles / coming up against paywalls First and most likely to be successful, email the author.

The journal article page will normally include author details.

If not, a google of their full name plus one or two keywords from the article will turn up an institutional webpage with their email address